Yoox Group to Name Raffaello Napoleone Interim President

Raffaello Napoleone is expected to be named interim president of Yoox Group. Napoleone, who is chief executive officer of Florence-based trade show organizer Pitti Immagine, said Wednesday that the final decision will be taken by the company’s board on April 30. Napoleone would assume the title, currently held by the company’s founder and chief executive officer Federico Marchetti, until September when the merger agreement between Yoox and Net-a-porter, revealed Tuesday, will be finalized. Napoleone will maintain his role at Pitti Immagine. “I think that this operation between Yoox and Net-a-porter is very interesting and important for the two companies and for all those brands that have invested in the online business,” said Napoleone.

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FlashFunders Closes $1.5M Deal on Its Platform

FlashFunders, the online equity funding platform that began operations in October, has closed a major round of funding for The Influential Network at $1.5 million. The Influential Network represents the largest deal to close on FlashFunders. According to an individual familiar with the deal, there were 23 investors with a large number from Australia. The minimum investment started at $25,000. The Influential Network, a platform for publishers by publishers, helps to foster the connection between brands, agencies and events to activate influencers via messaging that is opt-in on an iOS app. FlashFunders was cofounded by Europlay Capital Advisers, law firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, Vincent Bradley and Brian Park.

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London College of Fashion Stages Alexander McQueen Show

MCQUEEN’S MAQUILLAGE: In the wake of the hit “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, the London College of Fashion is staging a show that will showcase the inspiration and methods behind the often fantastical beauty looks created for the late Lee Alexander McQueen’s shows. “Warpaint: Alexander McQueen and Make-Up,” opens April 30 at the London College of Fashion’s Fashion Gallery Space. It will spotlight work by make-up artists including Sharon Dowsett, Val Garland, Peter Philips and Topolino, all of whom worked on McQueen’s shows. Curator Polona Dolzan, curatorial and project assistant, Fashion Space Gallery, and Ligaya Salazar, Fashion Space Gallery director, who commissioned the show, will explore 22 of McQueen’s beauty looks through themes such as “Amplified,” when models facial features were distorted; Deviated, which hones in on body makeup and Stripped, which highlights the designer’s more polished looks. LCF has also partnered with Holition, a London digital creative studio, to allow visitors to the exhibition to virtually try on two make-up looks from McQueen’s shows – the rain-drenched mascara from his spring 1998 show “Untitled” and the sinister, clown-like make-up in his fall 2001 show “What A Merry Go Round.” Dolzan commented that

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